Gift quotes

Adenauer Konrad 1876-1967

A thick skin is a gift from God.

Anouilh Jean 1910-1987

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Bombeck Erma 1927-

Guilt: the gift that goes on giving.

Camus Albert 1913-1960

Without culture, and the relative freedom it presumes, society, even when perfect, is no more than a jungle. This is why every authentic creation is a gift to the future.

Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803-1882

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Hemingway Ernest 1899-1961

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.

Homer fl.8th Century BC

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

Jonson Ben c.1573-1637

Volpone

You have a gift, sir, (thank your education),
Will never let you want, while there are men,
And malice, to breed causes.

Kingsley Charles 1819-1875

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

Lauder Sir Harry 1870-1950

The future is not a gift - it is an achievement.

Le Carré John 1931-

He has the gift of quiet.

McCarthy Mary 1912-1989

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behaviour.

Meredith George 1828-1909

Modern Love

That rarest gift
To Beauty, Common Sense.

Metternich Prince 1773-1859

Concessionen und Nichtconcessionen

The greatest gift of any stateman rests not it knowing what concessions to make, but recognizing when to make them.

Milton John 1608-1674

Paradise Lost

My fairest, my espoused, my latest found,
Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delight.

Newman John Henry, Cardinal 1801-1890

Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions.
Reason is as guilty as passion.

Scott Sir Walter 1771-1832

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

True love's the gift which God has given
To man alone beneath the heaven.

Swinburne Algernon Charles 1837-1909

„Atalanta in Calydon"

Before the beginning of years
There came to the making of man
Time with a gift of tears,
Grief with a glass that ran.

Trollope Anthony 1815-1882

Phineas Finn

She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.

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